00224 - Employment Law

Course contents

The course will cover the following areas:

1. Historical genesis and principles of employment law.
2. The work in the Italian Constitution. National and international sources. Guiding principles and historical development of EU policies.
3. Labor relations.  
4. The employment relationship.  
5. Trade unions law.  
6. Workers' representative structures in workplaces. 
7. The special procedure against employers' anti-union behaviors. 
8. Collective labour agreements typologies; in particular, the collective  agreement "di diritto comune" (regulated by common private law) and in public administrations.  
9. The evolution of collective bargaining and its structure.  
10. Collective bargaining and the law. The organization of employment relationship. The right to strike, the lock-out and other industrial actions.   
11. Administrative organization and government intervention in the labor market.
12. The employment. Legal forms of employment. 
13. Self-employment and quasi dependent workers.
14. Flexible contracts.
15. The certification of employment contracts.
16. The contract of employment and discipline.
17. Discrimination.
18. The organization of workers: duties, qualifications, categories.
19. The obligations of the worker.
20. The powers of the employer.
21. Employment relationship's suspension and extinction. Dismissal.  
22. Norms and techniques of guarantee of employee's rights.

Readings/Bibliography

Fondamenti di diritto del lavoro, by Persiani Mattia, Liebman Stefano, Marazza Marco, Martone Michel, Del Conte Maurizio, Ferrari Paola, Maio Valerio, CEDAM, latest edition.

Teaching methods

Lectures, in Italian language.

Assessment methods

The exam will be held as an interview.

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